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Google-AdMob acquisition 'a good fit'
News Internet giant's purchase of mobile advertising firm will "bring benefits to both sides" but shouldn't be made exclusive on Android platform, say Ovum analyst.
Tags: Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Ovum, AdMob, advertisement, mobile, Mobile Advertising, monetization, Google Android
Wikimedia receives US$500,000 from Hewlett Foundation
News Nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia plans to use grant to improve user-friendliness of Wikimedia's software, among other things.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Training, nonprofit organization, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, San Francisco, director, Web 2.0, executive director
Windows 7, Mac OS make gains in January
News Apple's Mac OS continues move up among operating systems accessing the Web, as Windows 7 surges after Microsoft releases its public beta, Net Applications says.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Web metrics, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS, operating system, January
Measure project success with balanced metrics
Techguide Agree on the right metrics with your clients before the start of a project, so that they will get what they want.
Tags: Project management, Human resources, Metrics, Project, project manager, Mary, performance, financial, ease of use, finance
Confirm your Project Schedule is ready for EVM
Techguide This eight-step checklist will help you determine whether your Microsoft Project Schedule is ready for earned value management.
Tags: Work Breakdown Structure, Microsoft Project, project management, team
Businesses fail to appreciate the value of IT
News Tech needs to get itself noticed--but that's no good if they can't explain what value they provide.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Service Management, ITIL, IT Services, IT Professional, Survey, CMDB, change management
How to develop a better estimation matrix
Techguide An expert discusses effort estimation and shares his efforts to develop a better estimation matrix based on actual project data.
Tags: IT Management, IT budgeting, IT project management, Project management, Estimate, Estimation Matrix, C, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Andrew Makar
Facebook woos developers with a roadmap
News The social-networking company unveils what it's up to in the next three to six months so that developers can plan to add new things to their apps.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Twitter Inc., Palo Alto, California, Web 2.0, Developer, API, analytics, Microsoft Windows
Inclusiveness without boundaries leads to poor project execution
Techguide Missed deadlines, poorly thought out requirements, and a lack of leadership are enough to doom any project. Benny Sisko shares his experience of having to take control of a project gone wrong.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Web sites, Site, content management system, CIO, job, marketing, leadership, Web Site
Firefox 3.0.6 targets security issues
News Mozilla developers say update to popular Web browser addresses several security and stability issues.
Tags: Browser, Firewalls, Security, Web Browser, Web metrics, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Internet Explorer, JavaScript
Mahindra Satyam aims to 'win back everybody'
News Now that the reasons alienating company from its customers have gone away, Mahindra Satyam has earned 24 new clients since April, says CEO C.P. Gurnani.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, IT outsourcing, Business applications, India, Outsourcing Company, Europe, FIFA, CIO, public sector, CEO
Asian cellular subscriber growth drops 21 percent
News Asia-Pacific mobile subscriber growth plunged in the fourth quarter, with Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Philippines hit particularly hard.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, EMEA, Telecommunications, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Google giving U.S. small businesses local search data
News Small merchants wondering how Web searches impact their business are getting additional data from Google related to their local search results.
Tags: Market research, Search, Internet, Google AdSense, Google Inc., Small Business, local search, phone, San Francisco, Google AdWords
Can IT be a green hero?
News Despite its power-guzzling nature, IT could be the key to helping address environmental issues as well as help other sectors in this gloomy economy.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Clean Technology, SAS Institute, Carbon Emission, Emission, clean-tech industry, Accenture Ltd., London, Silicon.com
Green your IT using power management techniques
Techguide By following a disciplined path and measuring results using metrics, IT heads can make the greening of IT using power management techniques an exercise in financial success and corporate responsibility.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, PG&E Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Green Grid, Server, energy efficiency, power management, data center, technique
